A probable case of a cysticercosis presenting as an incidental intracranial calcification on a lateral cephalogram

A 42-year-old female in whom intracranial calcifications were incidentally identified on a lateral cephalogram is presented. Follow-up CT scans and her social history led to the most probable diagnosis of cysticercosis, an infestation by larva of the tapeworm Taenia solium, of the brain. A differential diagnosis of intracranial calcifications on plain film skull views is presented.